DRAMA  COLLECTION 

SELECTED  LIST 


“Plays  in  themselves  have  neither  hopes  nor 
fears. 

Their  fate  is  only  in  their  hearers’  ears.’’ 

BEN  JONSON 

“Each  finding,  like  a  friend 
Something  to  blame,  and  something  to 
commend.” 

POPE 


“What  masks,  what  dances, 

To  wear  away  this  long  age  of  three  hours.” 

SHARESPEARE 


PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

SOUTH  BEND  •  INDIANA 
1915 


CONTENTS 


Page 

American  drama .  3 

“  “  in  children’s  department .  4 

English  drama .  4 

Shakespeare.  Works .  7 

“  Bibliography.  Biography.  Criticism. 

'Study  .  8 

German  drama  (including  Dutch  and  Austrian) .  9 

Scandinavian  drama .  10 

French  drama  (including  Belgian) .  10 

Italian  drama .  12 

Spanish  drama .  12 

Latin  drama .  12 

Greek  drama .  12 

Russian  drama  (including  Bohemian,  Polish  and 

Hungarian) .  13 

Oriental  drama .  13 

Actors  and  dramatists.  Collective  biography .  13 

Actors  and  actresses.  Individual  biography .  14 

Dramatists.  Individual  biography  and  criticism .  14 

Literature  of  the  drama  and  the  stage .  16 

Costume  and  dancing .  17 


American  Drama. 

Aldrich.  Mercedes;  Pauline  Pavlovna;  Judith  of  Bethulia.  (In 
his  Poems,  v.  1-2) 

Austin.  Arrow  maker 

Brown.  Everywoman;  her  pilgrimage  in  quest  of  love. 

Burke.  *Rip  van  Winkle;  adapted  from  Irving’s  Sketch  book. 
(In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  19) 

Brougham.  *Po-ca-bon-<tas;  or,  Gentle  savage.  (In  Bates. 
Drama,  v.  20) 

Dix.  *  Legend  of  St.  Nicholas  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 
Dunbar.  Arthur  Sonten 
On  the  Wabash 

Fillmore.  *War  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Finch.  *  Butterfly  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 

Fitch.  Captain  Jinks  of  the  Horse  marines 
Climbers 

Gillette.  *  Electricity  (In  Drama,  no.  12,  Nov.  1913) 

Gunnison.  New  dialogues  and  plays  for  young  people,  ages  15-25 
Hanshew.  *  Forty-niners  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  20) 

Harte.  Two  men  of  Sandy  Bar  (In  his  Poetical  works,  1887) 
Hazelton  and  Benrimo.  Yellow  jacket. 

Howard,  Homer.  *  Child  in  the  house  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 
Howard,  Bronson.  Young  Mrs.  Winthrop. 

Howells.  Counterfeit  presentment 
Evening  dress 
Garroters 

Letters  of  introduction 
Mouse  trap  and  other  farces 
Out  of  the  question 
Sea-change 

Sleeping-car  and  other  farces 
Unexpected  guests 

Hutchins.  *  Jeanne  d'Arc  at  Vancouleurs  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21 
1910) 

Jones,  J.  S.  *  Solon  Shingle  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  20) 

Longfellow.  Christus;  a  mystery  in  three  parts:  Divine  tragedy; 
Golden  legend;  New  England  tragedies. 

Judas  Maccabaeus;  Michael  Angelo;  Translations. 

Poems  6  v.  (Including  dramatic  poems) 

*  Spanish  student  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  19) 

Mackaye.  Anti-matrimony 
Canterbury  pilgrims 
Sanctuary 
Scarecrow 
To-morrow 

Macmillan.  *Gate  of  wishes  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 

Short  plays 


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AMERICAN  DRAMA 


Middleton.  Embers;  Failures;  Gargoyle;  In  his  house;  Madonna; 
Man  masterful. 

Tradition;  On  bail;  Their  wife;  Waiting;  Cheat  of  pity; 

Mothers. 

Nowadays 

Mitchell.  Francis  Drake 

Moody.  Faith  healer. 

Great  divide. 

Musselman.  *Mila  Whendle  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  13,  1901) 

Payne.  Brutus;  or,  Fall  of  Tarquin  (In  Great  plays.  Aldine  ed.) 
*Therese  the  orphan  of  Geneva;  adapted  from  the  French. 
(In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  19) 

Peabody.  Piper. 

*  Wings  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Wolf  of  Gubbio 

Raymond.  Dante  and  collected  verse 

Sheldon.  Nigger 

Shields.  Reformer  of  Geneva. 

Schnittkind.  *  Shambles  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Thomas.  As  a  man  thinks 


Van  Dyke.  House  of  Rimmon 

*Wept  of  the  Wish-ton- wish ; 
(In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  19) 


dramatized  from  Cooper’s  novel. 


American  Drama  in  Children’s  Department. 

Bullivant.  Home  plays  for  boys  and  girls. 

Chapman.  Four  plays  for  children 
Gould.  Little  men  play 
Little  women  play 
Harper’s  book  of  little  plays 

Mackay.  House  of  the  heart  and  other  plays  for  children 
Patriotic  plays  and  pageants  for  young  people 
Silver  thread  and  other  folk  plays  for  young  people 

Merington.  Festival  plays. 

Parsons.  Plays  and  games  for  indoors  and  out 
Perry.  When  Mother  lets  us  act 

Skinner  and  Lawrence.  Little  dramas  for  primary  grades 

Stevenson.  Children’s  classics  in  dramatic  form 
Plays  for  the  home 


English  Drama. 

Addison.  Plays  (v.  1  of  his  Works) 

Arden  of  Feversham. 

Barker.  Three  plays: — Marrying  of  Anne  Leete;  Veysey  inherit 
ance;  Waste. 


ENGLISH  DRAMA 


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Barrie.  Half-hours: — Pantaloon;  Twelve-pound  look;  Rosalind; 
Will,  The. 

Beaumont  and  Fletcher.  *  Knight  of  the  burning  pestle.  (In 
Bates.  Drama,  v.  14) 

Philaster;  or,  Love  lies  a-bleeding 

Bennett.  Honeymoon 

What  the  public  wants 

Bennett  and  Knoblauch.  Milestones 

Boucicault.  *London  assurance.  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

s  Browning.  Blot  in  the  ’scutcheon  (In  Great  plays.  Aldine  ed.) 
Complete  poetic  and  dramatic  works 
Poetic  and  dramatic  works,  6  v. 

Byron.  Manfred;  Marino  Faliero  (In  his  Poetical  works,  v.  3). 

*  'Sardanapalus;  Two  Foscari;  Cain;  Heaven  and  earth;  De¬ 

formed  transformed;  Werner.  (Poetical  works,  v.  4) 

Chesterton.  Magic. 

Coleridge.  Remorse;  Zapolya.  (In  his  Poetical  works,  v.  1) 

Colman  and  Garrick.  *  Clandestine  marriage  (In  Bates.  Drama, 
v.  15) 

Cowley.  *  Belle’s  strategem  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  15) 

Dryden.  Dramatic  works  2  v. 

Dunsany.  Five  plays: — God  of  the  mountain;  Golden  doom;  King 
Argimenes;  Glittering  gate;  Lost  silk  hat. 

Edward  the  third 

Eliot.  Agatha;  Armgart  (In  her  Poems) 

Spanish  gypsy. 

Everyman;  a  moral  play. 

Everyman;  with  other  interludes,  including  miracle  plays 

Fagan.  “Earth,”  The 

Farquhar.  *Beaux-strategem  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Fletcher.  Faithful  Shepherdess 
Two  noble  kinsmen 

Galsworthy.  Eldest  son 
Fugitive 
Justice 
Mob 
Pigeon 

>  Plays: — Silver  box;  Joy;  Strife 

Gayley,  comp.  Star  of  Bethlehem;  miracle  play 

Gilbert.  *  Sweethearts  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  16) 

Goldsmith.  She  stoops  to  conquer 

I  Gregory.  New  comedies: — Bogie  men;  Full  moon;  Coats;  Da¬ 
rner’s  gold;  McDonough’s  wife 

Seven  short  plays: — Spreading  the  news;  Hyacinth  Halvey; 
Rising  of  the  moon;  Jackdaw;  Workhouse  ward;  Gaol 
gate;  Travelling  man 

Gregory  and  Yeats.  Unicorn  from  the  stars 


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ENGLISH  DRAMA 


Hamilton.  Blindness  of  virtue 

Hardy.  Dynasts;  a  drama  of  the  Napoleonic  wars.  3  v. 
Hewlett.  Agonists 

Heywood.  Woman  killed  with  kindness 
Home.  ^Douglas  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  14) 

Houghton.  Hindle  wakes 

Hyde.  Twisting  of  the  rope;  Marriage;  Lost  saint;  Nativity.  (In 
Gregory.  Poets  and  dreamers) 

In  the  Lyons  den.  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Ireland.  *Vortigern  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Jones,  H.  A.  Manoeuvres  of  Jane 
Michael  and  his  lost  angel 

Jonson.  Alchemist  (In  Great  plays.  Aldine  ed.) 

Kennedy.  Idol-breaker. 

Servant  in  the  house 
Terrible  meek 
Win  terf  east 

Knoblauch.  Kismet 

Kohut.  Hebrew  anthology,  v.  2.  Selections  from  the  drama  .  .  . 
inspired  by  the  Old  Testament  and  post-biblical  tradition. 

Kyd.  Spanish  tragedy. 

Lamb.  Poems,  plays  and  miscellaneous  essays 
Specimens  of  English  dramatic  poets,  2  v. 

Lytton.  *  Money  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  16) 

Richelieu 

Marlowe.  Doctor  Faust  us 

Edward  the  second  (In  Great  plays.  (Aldine  ed.) 

Masefield.  Tragedy  of  Nan 

Tragedy  of  Pompey  the  Great 

Merry  devil  of  Edmonton. 

Modern  British  drama.  5  v.  1811. 

*New  wing  at  Elsinore.  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Noyes.  Sherwood;  or,  Robin  Hood  and  the  three  kings 

O’Connor,  ed.  Great  plays  by  Marlowe,  Jonson,  Fletcher,  Sheri¬ 
dan,  Payne  and  Browning  (Aldine  ed.) 

Parker.  Disraeli 

Joseph  and  his  brethren 
Phillips.  Herod 
Nero 

Paolo  and  Francesca 

Pinero.  Mid-channel 

Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray 

Pollard.  English  miracle  plays,  moralities  and  interludes:  speci¬ 
mens  of  pre-Elizabethan  drama 

Robertson.  *  Society  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  16) 


SHAKESPEARE .  WORKS 


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Sawyer.  *Sidhe  of  Ben-Mor  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 

Shadwell.  ^Lancashire  witches  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Shaw.  Doctor’s  dilemma;  Getting  married;  Shewing  up  of 
Blanco  Posnet 

John  Bull’s  other  island;  Major  Barbara;  How  he  lied  to  her 
husband 

Man  and  superman 

Misalliance;  Dark  lady  of  the  Sonnets;  Fanny’s  first  play 
Plays:  pleasant  and  unpleasant.  2  v. 

v.  1 — Widowers’  houses;  Philanderer;  Mrs.  Warren’s  pro¬ 
fession. 

y.  2 — You  never  camtell;  Arms  and  the  man;  Candida;  Man 
of  destiny. 

Three  plays  for  Puritans: — Devil’s  disciple;  Caesar  and 
Cleopatra;  Captain  Brassbound’s  conversion. 

Shelley.  Prometheus  unbound;  Cenci;  Hellas.  (In  his  Poetical 
works,  v.  1) 

Sheridan.  Dramatic  works 
Rivals 

School  for  scandal 

Swinburne.  Dramas;  ed.  by  Arthur  Beatty 

Synge.  Playboy  of  the  western  world 
Riders  to  the  sea 

Tennyson.  Becket 

Poetic  and  dramatic  works,  6  v. 

Tobin.  ^Honeymoon  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  16) 

Townley.  *High  life  below  stairs  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  16) 

Van  Brugh  and  Cibber.  *  Provoked  husband  (In  Bates.  Drama, 
v.  15) 

Wilde.  Duchess  of  Padua;  Ideal  husband. 

Lady  Windermere’s  fan;  Woman  of  no  importance. 
Salome;  Importance  of  being  earnest;  Florentine  tragedy; 
Vera. 

Yeats.  Dramatic  poems 

Hour-glass;  Cathleen-ni-Houlihan;  Pot  of  broth. 

Land  of  heart’s  desire 

Zangwill.  Melting-pot 


Shakespeare.  Works. 

Shakespeare.  Comedies,  histories,  tragedies  and  poems;  ed.  by 
R.  G.  White.  6  v. 

Plays;  ed.  by  Henry  M  or  ley.  18  v. 

Works  (Booklovers’  ed.)  40  v. 

Works:  complete,  from  the  text  of  Clark  and  Wright  1  v. 
Works;  ed.  by  W.  A.  Wright.  9  v. 

For  burlesque  sequel  to  Hamlet  see  *New  wing  at  Elsinore. 


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SHAKESPEARE.  BIBLIOGRAPHY.  BIOGRAPHY. 


Shakespeare.  Bibliography.  Biography.  Criticism. 

Study. 

Bartlett.  *New  and  complete  concordance  to  works  of  Shakespeare 
Braudes.  William  Shakespeare;  a  critical  study 
Bucknill.  Mad  folk  of  Shakespeare 
Burgess.  Bible  in  Shakspeare 

Coleridge.  Lectures  and  notes  on  Shakspere  and  other  English 
poets 

Dowden.  Shakspere;  a  critical  study  of  his  mind  and  art 
Dyer.  Folk-lore  of  Shakespeare 

Egan.  Ghost  in  Hamlet  and  other  essays  in  comparative  litera¬ 
ture. 

Fleming.  How  to  study  Shakespeare.  3  v. 

Gollancz.  Life  of  Shakespeare  (Booklovers’  ed.) 

Griggs.  Shakespeare;  a  hand-book  of  twelve  lectures 

Guizot.  Shakespeare  and  his  times 

Harris.  Man  Shakespeare  and  his  tragic  life-story 

Hazlitt.  Lectures  on  the  literature  of  the  age  of  Elizabeth,  and 
Characters  of  Shakespear’s  plays. 

Holmes.  Authorship  of  Shakespeare  2  v. 

Hudson.  Shakespeare:  his  life,  art  and  characters  2  v. 

Hugo.  William  Shakespeare 
Jameson.  Characteristics  of  women 
Lamb.  Tales  from  Shakespeare 
Lawrence.  Bacon  is  Shakespeare 
Lee.  Shakespeare  and  the  modern  stage 
Mabie.  William  Shakespeare,  poet,  dramatist  and  man 
Moulton.  Shakespeare  as  a  dramatic  artist 
Shakespeare  as  a  dramatic  thinker 
O’Connor.  Index  to  the  works  of  Shakespeare  (Booklovers’  ed.) 
Rolfe.  .Shakespeare  the  boy 

Saxo  Grammaticus.  *Amleth  (Hamlet)  (In  his  Danish  history. 
Norroena,  v.  1-2) 

*Shakespeariana  (monthly)  v.  6-9,  1889-93 
Sharp.  Shakspeare’s  portrayal  of  the  moral  life 
Snider.  Shakespearian  drama;  a  commentary  3  v. 

Swinburne.  Age  of  Shakespeare 

Symonds.  Shakspere’s  predecessors  in  the  English  drama 
Warner.  People  for  whom  Shakespeare  wrote 
White.  Studies  in  Shakespeare 
Winter.  Old  shrines  and  ivy. 

Shadows  of  the  stage 
Shakespeare’s  England 


GERMAN  DRAMA 


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German  Drama  (Including  Dutch  and  Austrian). 

Babo.  *Dagobert,  King  of  the  Franks  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  12) 
Benedix.  *  Obstinacy  (In  Batets.  Drama,  v.  11) 

Bernstein,  E.  P.  (Ernst  Rosmer)  *TwiligM  (In  Poet-lore, 
y.  23,  1912) 

♦John  Herkner  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 

Blades.  *  Ceremony  of  the  printer’s  apprentice;  a  German  moral¬ 
ity  play  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  4) 

Ebner-Eschenbach.  *Man  of  the  world  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 
Freytag.  *  Journalists  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology,  v.  28) 
Fulda.  *By  ourselves  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  2  3,  1912) 

Goethe.  Dramas: — Iphigenia  in  Tauris;  Torquato  Tasso;  Goetz 
von  Berlichingen;  Fellow  culprits. 

Faust 

*  Stella  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  12) 

Goetze.  *  Heights  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Grillparzer.  *  Sappho  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology,  v.  28) 
Halbe.  *Rosenhagens  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 

Hartleben.  *  Hanna  Jagert  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 
Hauptmann,  C.  ♦Ephraim’s  Breite  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  4,  1900) 

Hauptmann,  G.  Dramatic  works  v.  1-4 

v.  1 — Before  dawn;  Weavers;  Beaver  coat;  Conflagration, 
v.  2 — Drayman  Henschel;  Rose  Berndt;  Rat. 
v.  3 — Reconciliation;  Lonely  lives;  Colleague  Crampton; 
Michael  Kramer. 

v.  4 — Assumption  of  Hannele;  Sunken  bell;  Henry  of  Aue. 

*  Assumption  of  Hannele;  Before  dawn.  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  20, 

1909) 

*  Reconciliation  (Coming  of  peace)  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 
Sunken  bell 

Weavers 

Hebbel.  *  Agnes  Bernauer  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  20,  1909) 

*  Herod  and  Mariamne  (In  Drama,  no.  6,  May  1812) 

♦Judith  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

♦Maria  Magdalena  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Heijermans.  ♦Good  Hope  (In  Drama,  no.  8,  Nov.  1912) 
Hofmannstahl.  ♦Death  and  the  fool  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 
Iffland.  *Conscience  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  11) 

Kotzebue.  *Lovers’  vows  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  22) 

Lessing.  Dramatic  works,  2  v. 

Ludwig.  *  Forest  warden  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 
Oberammergau  passion-play;  tr.  from  original  text  by  M.  J.  Moses 
Roelvink.  *Stormbird  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 

Sachs.  *Raising  the  devil  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  10) 

Schiller.  Early  dramats  and  romances 
Historical  dramas 
Wallenstein;  Wilhelm  Tell 
William  Tell 


10 


SCANDINAVIAN  DRAMA 


Schnitzler.  *Duke  and  the  actress  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 
Green  cockatoo;  Mate;  Paracelsus. 

*  Legacy  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 

*  Light  o’love  (In  Drama,  no.  7,  Aug.  1912) 

*  Questioning  the  irrevocable  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  12) 

Stamm.  *  Bride  of  the  moor  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

*Sancta  Susanna  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Sudermann.  Joy  of  living 
Magda 

Roses: — Streaks  of  light;  Last  visit;  Margot;  Faraway 
princess 

Werner.  *  Twenty-fourth  of  February  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  10) 
Wilbrandt.  *Meister  von  Palmyra  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  13,  19  01) 


Scandinavian  Drama. 

Benzon.  *It  just  happened  so.  (In  Garnett.  Universal  an¬ 
thology,  v.  27) 

Bjornson.  *Leonarda  (In  Drama,  no.  3,  Aug.  1911) 

Plays: — Gauntlet;  Beyond  our  power;  New  system. 

Plays:  2d  series: — Love  and  geography;  Beyond  the  human 
might;  Laboremus. 

*When  the  new  wine  blooms  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 
Einarsson.  *  Sword  and  crozier  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  23,  1912) 

Hertz.  *King  Rene’s  daughter  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology, 
v.  27) 

Holberg.  *  Loquacious  barber  (In  Bates,  Drama,  v.  8) 

Ibsen.  Brand 

Doll’s  house;  Ghosts. 

Emperor  and  Galilean. 

Hedda  Gabler;  Master  builder. 

John  Gabriel  Borkman;  When  we  dead  awaken;  Little  Eyolf. 
Lady  Inger  Ostrat;  Feast  at  Solhoug;  Love’s  comedy. 
League  of  youth;  Pillar  of  society. 

Lyrics  and  poems,  including  songs  from  the  dramas. 

Peer  Gynt 

Rosmersholm;  Lady  from  the  sea;  Hedda  Gabler. 

Vikings  at  Helgoland;  Pretenders;  Lady  Inger  of  Ostrat. 

Prydz.  *He  is  coming  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Strindberg.  *  Creditors;  Julie  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 

Dream  play;  Link;  Dance  of  Death. 

Miss  Julia;  Stronger,  The. 

Plays.  Third  series: — Swanwhite;  Simoom;  Debit  and 
credit;  Advent;  Thunderstorm;  After  the  fire. 


French  Drama  (Including  Belgian). 

Augier.  *Giboyer’s  son  (In  Drama,  no.  4,  Nov.  1911) 

Becque.  *  Crows  ('In  Drama,  no.  5,  Feb.  1912) 

Vultures;  Woman  of  Paris;  Merry-go-round 


FRENCH  DRAMA 


11 


Brieux.  Three  plays: — Maternity;  Three  daughters  of  Monsieur 
Dupont;  Damaged  goods 

Capus.  *  Adventurers  (In  Drama,  no.  16,  Nov.  1914) 

Corneille.  Cid,  Le;  tr.  by  Roscoe  Mongan 

Curel,  de.  *Beat  of  the  wing  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  20,  1909) 

Dancourt.  * Woman’s  craze  for  titles  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  7) 

Duhamel.  *In  the  shadow  of  the  statues  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25, 
1914) 

♦Light,  The  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Dumas,  fils.  *  Wedding  call  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology, 
v.  27) 

Hennique.  *Death  of  the  Due  d’Enghien  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  20, 
1909) 

Hervieu.  *In  chains  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  20,  1909) 

Hugo.  Poems;  Dramas. 

Kock,  de.  *  Happy  day  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  9) 

Le  Sage.  ^Crispin,  rival  of  his  master  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  8) 
Lemaitre.  *  Forgiveness  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 

Loti  and  Gautier.  Daughter  of  Heaven 

Maeterlinck.  Aglavaine  and  Selysette 
Bluebird 

Intruder;  Blind;  Seven  princesses;  Death  of  Tintagiles 
Joyzelle;  Monna  Vanna 
Mary  Magdalene 

Pelleas  and  Melisande;  Sightless,  The 
Princess  Maleine 

Sister  Beatrice;  Ardiane  and  Barbe  Bleue 
Maupassant,  de. .  .^Household  peace  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  9) 
Moliere.  Dramatic  works  3  v. 

Musset,  de.  Comedies  3  v. 

Complete  writings 

v.  10 — Dream  of  Augustus;  Donkey  and  the  stream;  Faus- 
tine;  King’s  servant,  etc. 

Ohnet.  *Iron  manufacturer  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  9) 

Pailleron.  *  Society  where  they  are  bored.  (In  Garnett.  Universal 
anthology,  v.  27) 

Racine.  Dramatic  works  2  v. 

*  Suitors  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  7) 

Rostand.  L’Aiglon 

Cyrano  de  Bergerac 

Sand  (Mme.  Dudevant).  *Victorine’s  marriage  (In  Garnett.  Uni¬ 
versal  anthology,  v.  27) 

Veuillot.  ^Essence  of  Giboyer  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthol¬ 
ogy,  v.  27) 

Voltaire.  Dramas  5  v. 


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ITALIAN,  SPANISH,  LATIN,  GREEK  DRAMA 


Italian  Drama. 

Alfieri.  *Myrrha  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  5) 

Annunzio,  de.  Francesca  da  Rimini 

Giacosa.  *As  the  leaves  (In  Drama,  no.  1,  Feb.  1911) 

Stronger,  The;  Like  falling  leaves;  Sacred  ground 

Goldoni.  II  ventaglio  (the  fan)  tr.  by  Kenneth  Mackenzie 

*  Post-inn  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  5) 

*  Squabbles  of  Ohioggia  (In  Drama,  no.  15,  Aug.  1914) 
Metastasio.  *Dream  of  Scipio  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  5) 

Scala.  *  Faithful  friend  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  5) 


Spanish  Drama. 

Calderon  de  la  Barca.  *  Belshazzar’s  feast  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  4) 

Echegaray.  Great  Galeoto 

*  Madman  or  saint?  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  23,  1912) 

*Man  in  black  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology,  v.  27) 

Galdos.  Electra  (In  Drama,  no.  2,  May,  1911) 

*  Grandfather  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1911) 

Naharro.  *  Hymen  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  6) 

Rueda,  de.  ^Seventh  farce  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  6) 

Vega  Carpio.  *Dog  in  the  manger  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  6) 


Latin  Drama. 

Miller,  ed.  *Latin  classics,  v.  1: — Drama.  Ethics 
Plautus.  Comedies. 

Seneca.  Tragedies 

Terence.  *Eunuch  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  2) 

*  Self-tormentor ;  Brothers.  (In  Miller.  Latin  classics,  v.  1) 


Greek  Drama. 


Aeschylus.  Dramas 
Tragedies 

Aristophanes.  Comedies  2  v. 

Euripides.  Elect  r  a 
Plays  2  v. 

v.  1 — Rheseus;  Medea;  Hippolytus;  Alcestis;  Heraoleidae; 

Suppliants;  Trojan  women;  Ion;  Helen 
v.  2: — Andromache;  Electra;  Bacchantes;  Hecuba;  Heracles 
mad;  Phoenician  maidens;  Orestes;  Iphigenia 
among  the  Tauri;  Iphigenia  at  Aulis;  Cyclops 

Miller,  ed.  *Greek  classics,  v.  7: — Drama.  Romance 

Perrin,  ed.  Greek  drama  of  Aeschylus,  Sophocles,  Euripides  and 
Aristophanes  (Aldine  ed.) 


RUSSIAN  AND  ORIENTAL  DRAMA 


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Russian  Drama  (Including  Bohemian,  Polish, 
and  Hungarian). 

Andreieff.  *King-diunger  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  22,  1911) 

*  Pretty  Sabine  women  (In  Drama,  no.  13,  Feb.  1914) 

Gogol.  *  Inspector  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  18) 

Gorky.  *In  the  depths  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  18) 

Krasinski.  *Undivine  comedy  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology, 
v.  29) 

I  Kvapil.  *Clouds  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  21,  1910) 

Madach.  Tragedy  of  man;  dramatic  poem 
Narodny.  *  Fortune  favors  fools  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  23,  1912) 
Ostrovsky.  *Storm  (In  Garnett.  Universal  anthology,  v.  29) 
Pshibishevsky.  *For  happiness  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  23,  1912) 

Tchekof.  *  Marriage  proposal  (In  Bates.  Drama,  v.  18) 

*  Sea-gull  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 

Plays: — Uncle  Vanya;  Ivanoff;  Sea-gull;  Swan  song 
Tolstoi.  Light  that  shines  in  the  darkness;  Man  who  was  dead; 
Cause  of  it  all. 

Power  of  darkness;  Fruits  of  enlightenment  (In  his  Ivan 
Ilich) 

Vrchlicky.  *  At  the  chasm  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  24,  1913) 

* Vengeance  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

* Witness  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

Oriental  Drama. 

Bates,  ed.  *■  Oriental  drama  (Victorian  ed.  v.  3) 

Contents: — Deathstone  (Japanese);  Necklace  (Hindoo),  by 
Sri  Hershea  Deva;  Martyrdom  of  Ali  (Persian  passion- 
play)  ;  Alchemist  (Persian)  by  Mirza  Fath-Ali  and  Mirza 
Ja’afar 

Ghose.  *Chintamini  (In  Poet-lore,  v.  25,  1914) 

*Han  Koong  Tsew;  the  sorrows  of  Han;  a  Chinese  tragedy  (In 
Garnett.  Universal  anthology,  v.  29) 

Motokiyo.  Kanawa  (Crown  of  iron  spikes)  (In  Poet-lore,  v. 
23,  1912) 

Ravindrantha  Thakura.  *King  of  the  dark  chamber  (In  Drama, 
no.  14,  1914) 

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*Za-zen;  or,  Abstraction;  a  Japanese  comedy.  (In  Garnett.  Uni¬ 
versal  anthology,  v.  29) 


1  Actors  and  Dramatists  —  Collective  Biography. 

Graii.  Forty  years’  observation  of  music  and  the  drama 
Henry.  Hours  with  famous  Parisians 

Matthews.  Life  and  art  of  Edwin  Booth  and  his  contemporaries 
*  Stage  and  its  stars,  past  and  present  7  v. 


14 


ACTORS  AND  DRAMATISTS 


Strang.  Famous  actors  of  the  day 
Famous  actresses  of  the  day 
Thackeray.  English  humorists  of  the  18th  century 

*  Who’s  who  in  the  theatre,  1912 

*  Who’s  who  on  the  stage,  19  08 


Actors  and  Actresses  —  Individual  Biography. 

Booth. 

Edwin  Booth;  by  E.  B.  Groosman 
Life  and  art  of  Edwin  Booth;  by  William  Winter 
Cushman. 

Charlotte  Cushman;  her  letters  and  memoirs  of  her  life; 
by  Emma  Stebbins 

Gwyn. 

Story  of  Nell  Gwyn;  by  Peter  Cunningham 
Jefferson. 

Autobiography 

Joseph  Jefferson;  by  Francis  Wilson 
Navarro.  Mary  Anderson  de. 

Few  memories 
Rachel. 

Rachel;  by  N.  H.  Kennard 
Ristori. 

Adelaide  Ristori;  studies  and  memoirs:  an  autobiography 
Siddons. 

Memoirs  of  Mrs.  Siddons;  by  James  Boaden 
Mrs.  Siddons;  by  N.  H.  Kennard 

Wallack. 

Memories  of  fifty  years 


Dramatists  —  Individual  Biography  and  Criticism. 

Addison. 

Addison;  by  W.  G.  Courthope 
Aldrich. 

Lift  of  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich;  by  Ferris  Greenslet 
Bennett. 

Truth  about  an  author 
Arnold  Bennett;  by  Coningsby  Dawson 
Browning. 

Browning  and  the  Christian  faith;  by  Edward  Berdoe 
Browning  studies;  ed.  by  Edward  Berdoe 
Browning’s  message  to  his  times;  by  Edward  Berdoe 
Guide-book  to  the  poetic  and  dramatic  works  of  Robert 
Browning;  by  G.  W.  Cooke 

Introduction  to  the  study  of  Robert  Browning’s  poetry;  by 
Hiram  Corson 

Robert  Browning;  by  Edward  Dowden 
Poetry  and  philosophy  of  Browning;  by  E.  H.  Griggs 
Hand-book  to  the  works  of  Robert  Browning;  by  Mrs. 
Sutherland  Orr 

Robert  Browning,  2  v.;  by  Mrs.  Sutherland  Orr 


BIOGRAPHY.  DRAMATISTS 


15 


Byron. 

Conversations  of  Lord  Byron;  by  Thomas  Medwin 
Byron.  By  John  Nichol 
Dryden. 

Dryden;  by  G.  E.  B.  Saintsbury 

Dumas. 

Dumas’  Paris;  by  M.  F.  Mansfield 

Eliot. 

George  Eliot’s  life  as  related  in  her  letters  and  journals.  3  v. 
George  Eliot  and  her  heroines;  by  Mrs.  A.  G.  Woolson 

\  Goethe. 

Goethe  and  Schiller;  by  H.  H.  Boyesen 
Correspondence  between  Goethe  and  Schiller  2  v. 

Letters  from  Switzerland;  Letters  from  Italy 
.  Goethe  and  Carlyle;  correspondence 

Truth  and  fiction  relating  to  my  life  2  v. 

Story  of  Goethe’s  life;  by  G.  H.  Lewes  2  v. 

Goethe’s  Faust;  by  E.  H.  Griggs 
Goldoni. 

Autobiography 

Goldsmith. 

Goldsmith;  by  William  Black 

Oliver  Goldsmith,  a  biography;  by  Washington  Irving 

Howells. 

My  year  in  a  log  cabin 

Hugo. 

Life  of  Hugo;  by  F.  T.  Marzials 

Ibsen. 

Commentary  on  the  writings  of  Henrik  Ibsen;  by  H.  H. 
Boyesen 

Letters  of  Henrik  Ibsen 

Henrik  Ibsen;  a  critical  biography;  by  Henrik  Jaeger 
Henrik  Ibsen;  the  man  and  his  plays;  by  M.  J.  Moses 
Quintessence  of  Ibsenism;  by  G.  B.  Shaw 

Lamb. 

Charles  Lamb;  by  Alfred  Ainger 
Letters  2  v.;  ed.  by  Alfred  Ainger 

Best  letters;  ed.  by  E.  G.  Johnson 

Moliere. 

Moliere;  by  Mrs.  M.  O.  W.  Oliphant  and  Francis  Tarver 

Moore,  George. 

Hail  and  farewell  3  v.  (Autobiographical) 

Sardou. 

Sardou  and  the  Sardou  plays;  by  J.  A.  Hart 

*  ShawT. 

George  Bernard  Shaw;  by  G.  K.  Chesterton 

*  Shelley. 

Shelley;  the  man  and  the  poet;  by  Felix  Rabbe 
|  Best  letters 

Shelley;  by  J.  A.  Symonds 

Sheridan. 

Sheridan;  by  Mrs.  M.  O.  W.  Oliphant 
Sterling. 

Correspondence  between  John  Sterling  and  Ralph  Waldo 
Emerson 


16 


DRAMA  AND  THE  STAGE 


Tennyson. 

Tennyson,  his  home,  his  friends,  and  his  work;  by  E.  L. 
Carey 

Alfred  Tennyson;  a  memoir  by  his  son  2  v. 

Tolstoi. 

Tolstoy  the  man;  by  E.  A.  Steiner 
Childhood,  boyhood  and  youth 
My  confession;  and  Spirit  of  Christ’s  teaching 
Tolstoi;  by  Leo  Wiener 

Voltaire. 

Voltaire’s  visit  to  England;  by  Archibald  Ballantyne 

Voltaire  and  his  times;  by  L.  F.  Bungener 

Life  of  Voltaire;  by  Francis  Espinasse 

Margravine  of  Baireuth  and  Voltaire;  by  George  Horn 

Voltaire;  by  John  Morley 

Biographical  critique  of  Voltaire;  by  John  Morley 
Life  of  Voltaire;  by  James  Parton  2  v. 


Literature  of  the  Drama  and  the  Stage. 

Andrews.  Drama  of  to-day 
Archer.  Play-making 

Bates.  *Drama,  The;  its  history,  literature  and  influence  on 
civilization,  20  v. 

*  Dr  amatic  classics  2  v. 

Burton.  New  American  drama 
Chambers.  Mediaeval  stage  2  v. 

Chesterton.  Varied  types 

Clark.  Continental  drama  of  to-day:  outlines  for  its  study 
Crowley.  Character  treatment  in  the  mediaeval  drama 
Daudet.  Between  the  flies  and  the  footlights  (In  his  Sappho) 

*  Drama  ;  quarterly  review  of  dramatic  literature.  Feb.  1911-date 

Dukes.  Modern  dramatists 

Eaton.  American  stage  of  to-day 

Faxon,  ed.  *  Dramatic  index,  1909-date 

Hale.  Dramatists  of  to-day 

Hamilton.  Studies  in  stage-craft 

Theory  of  the  theatre  and  other  principles  of  dramatic 
criticism 

Hazlitt.  Lectures  on  the  English  poets  and  the  English  comic 
writers 

Plain  speaker  (Five  chapters  on  dramatic  subjects) 

Round  table  (Six  chapters  on  dramatic  subjects) 

Henderson.  European  dramatists 

Horrwitz.  Indian  theatre;  brief  survey  of  the  Sanscrit  drama 

Hulflsh.  Motion  picture  work 

Huneker.  Iconoclasts;  book  of  dramatists 

Hunt.  Play  of  to-day 


COSTUME  AND  DANCING 


17 


James.  Essays  in  London  and  elsewhere  (Chapters  on  Kemble, 
Loti,  Concourt,  Ibsen  and  Browning) 

Kingsley.  Plays  and  Puritans 
Lewes.  On  actors  and  the  art  of  acting 

Mackaye.  Civic  theatre 

Playhouse  and  the  play 

Mahaffy.  History  of  classical  Greek  literature,  v.  1,  Poets 
(Nine  chapters  on  drama) 

Matthews.  Study  of  the  drama 

Meredith.  Essay  on  comedy  and  the  uses  of  the  comic  spirit 
Montague.  Dramatic  values 
Moses.  American  dramatist 

Needham.  Folk  festivals  and  how  to  give  them 
Palmer.  Censor  and  the  theatre 

*Poet-lore;  a  magazine  of  letters.  1900,  1901,  1905,  1909-date 

Price.  Technique  of  the  drama 

Quinlan.  Poetic  justice  in  the  drama 

Schlegel.  Lectures  on  dramatic  art  and  literature 

Seilhamer.  History  of  the  American  theatre  from  1749-1797.  3  v. 

Sellar.  Roman  poets  of  the  Republic 

Shaw.  Dramatic  opinions  and  essays  2  v. 

♦Theatre  magazine.  July  1911-date 
Walkley.  Drama  and  life 
Weygandt.  Irish  plays  and  playwrights 
Witkowski.  German  drama  of  the  19th  century 

Costume  and  Dancing. 

Burchenal.  Dances  of  the  people 

Folk-dances  and  singing  games 

Calthorpe.  English  costume  4  v. 

Castle.  Modern  dancing 

Child.  Wimples  and  crisping  pins 

Earle.  *Two  centuries  of  costume  in  America  2  v. 

Fairholt.  Costume  in  England  2  v. 

♦Geschichte  der  Costume.  2  v. 

Hottenroth.  *Costume,  les  armes,  etc.  2  v. 

Hottenroth.  *Costume,  les  armes,  etc.  Nouvelle  serie. 

Planche.  History  of  British  costume  from  the  earliest  period  to 
the  close  of  the  18th  century 

Terry.  Russian  ballet 

Urlin.  Dancing,  ancient  and  modern 


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COLLECTIONS 


The  Library  has  a  large  number  of  plays  which  are  as  yet 
available  only  in  story  form. 

Plays  and  dramatic  selections  can  be  found  in  general  maga¬ 
zines  and  in  many  collections,  including  the  following: 

Garnett.  ^Universal  anthology  32  v. 

Garrett.  One  hundred  choice  selections  39  v. 

Pearson.  Speaker  5  v. 

Shoemaker.  Shoemaker’s  best  selections  2  7  nos. 

Spofford.  *  Library  of  choice  literature  15  v.  f* 

Werner.  Werner’s  readings  and  recitations  4  8  v. 

i 

Synopses  of  librettos  by  famous  dramatists  will  be  found  in 
Melitz’  Opera-goer’:s  complete  guide.  Ask  for  separate  list  on  The  i 
opera;  its  composers,  singers  and  stories. 


*  Books  marked  with  a  star  cannot  be  taken  from  the  Library. 


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